Garment-collar.



PATENTED DEC. 3, 1907.

W. V. EATON. GARMENT COLLAR. APPLIOAIIION FILED MAR. 23. 1900.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3, 1907.

Application filed March 23. 1806. Serial mi. 307.706.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WARREN V. EATON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new'and useful Improvements in Garment-Collars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to garments, and more especially to those WOIDID the cold and stormy seasons of the year, such as are made of flannel, corduroy and analogous materials, and my object is to producea arment provided with a collar which can e worn as a turn-down collar or canbe used as a standin collar or muflierto protect the throat-in cold and wet weather.

A further object is to produce a garment having a c'ollar of the character mentioned which when turned down presents the same appearance as an ordinary turn down collar and which when turned up presents an attractive appearance to the eye.

A still further object is to produce a convertible collar of the character outlined which can be easily, quickly and cheaply made.

With these objectsin view and others as hereinafter a pear, the invention consists in certain novel and peculiar features of construction and organlzation as hereinafter described and claimed; and in order that it maybe fully understood reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1, is a erspective view of a portion of a shirt provi ed with a collar embodying my invention, the collar being shown. as turned down. Fig.2, isa similar view with thecollar secured 111 its upstanding position. Fig. 3, is a view of the collar and shirt open. Fig. 4, is a erspective view of a portion of a shirt provi ed with a collar of slightly modified form. Fig. 5, is a view with a shirt and collar of the type shown in Fig. 4, stretched open.

In the said drawing 1 indicates a shirt of any suitable material, and 2 the collar, said collar com rising the neck-band portion 3,

and the b0 y portion 4 turned down over the neck-band portion so as to present to view a collar of ordinary appearance. The neckband portion is provided with button .holes 5 andfi, for the reception of an orr'hiaif collar button 7, and at one end the Ct liar-is provided with an extension tab 8, to lap over the.

other end of the neck band, said tab having a button hole9 for engagement with an ordinary button 10,'stitched to said overlapped portion of the neck-band; The collar as thus far described is common in flannel and like shirts.

Stitched or otherwise secured to the under or outer side of the turned down portion of the overlapped end of the collar is a pair of buttons 11, and projecting from the opposite end of the same portion is a tab 12, provided with a pair of button holes 13, which normally engage with a pair of buttons 14 stitched or otherwise secured to the outer or-under side of the same portion of the collar, said tab 12 not-being discernible when its button holes engage the buttons 14, with the body portion ofthe collar turned down.

. When desired the turned down portion of the collar canbe raised and secured in such position by unbuttoning tab 12 from the at opposite sides of and equal distances from the center of the collar.

In Figs. 4 and 5 I show acollar of the same general character except that each of its ends is provided with a tab to overlap and button upon the opposite endinstead of having the tab upon one end only. In said figures, 15 indicates the lower tab and 16 the upper tab at opposite ends of the body portion of thecollar, and said tabs are provided with button holes 17 so that the tab 15 can be buttoned back upon button 18 and the tab 16 on the button 19 when the collar is turned down, at which time it presents the appearance shown in Fig. 1. When. the collar is turned up as a muffler or protector for the ,throat, the tabs 15 and 16 are unbuttoned from their respective buttons and are caused to overlap the contiguous ends and button respectively upon the buttons'=2() and 21.

It Will be apparent that other methods of fastening may be employed in lieu of the buttons and button holes without departing from the principle of construction ilIlVOlVOd, and that, as various modifications may be made in the form, proportion, detail construction and arrangement of the parts, I do not wish to be restricted to the exact construction shown and described.

I am aware that rior to my invention overcoat collars have een made large enough to .ment-collar consisting of a neck-band be turned up around the neck and face of the wearer but I make no claim to such arrangement.

I am also aware that the waist-bands of undergarments have been adjusted by means of straps extending across the division in the waistbandand fastened to the waistband but such device also is foreign to my invention.

, Having thus described the invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

As a new article of manufacture,'a gar- 0rtion having fastening means at its ends, ind

a body'portion secured to the upper edge of the neck-band portion and provided at its end with a longitudinal extension adapted to be folded under and hidden by the body portion or extended across to overlap the opposite end of the body portion, the body portion being further provided at its ends with permanent fastening means to hold the longitudinal extension in its. ed under or its extended over position. I

In testimony whereof I afiix signature, 25

in the presence of two witnesses.

' WARREN V. EATON. Witnesses-z G. Y. THORPE, WILLIS P. MUNGER; 

